13Synonyms found for blessing

Word Origin & History

bless O.E. bletsian, bledsian, Northumbrian bloedsian "to consecrate, make holy, give thanks," from P.Gmc. *blothisojan "mark with blood," from *blotham "blood" (see blood). Originally a blood sprinkling on pagan altars. This word was chosen in O.E. bibles to translate L. benedicere and Gk. eulogein, both of which have a ground sense of "to speak well of, to praise," but were used in Scripture to translate Heb. brk "to bend (the knee), worship, praise, invoke blessings." Meaning shifted in late O.E. toward "pronounce or make happy," by resemblance to unrelated bliss. No cognates in other languages.

Example Sentences for blessing

The new tool will be a bane to teaching, some professors say-but others see a blessing.

However, what is a blessing for the atmosphere turns out to be a curse for the oceans.

So it was a mixed blessing being with them from a point of view of personal protection or danger.

Before the family ate, we'd all hold hands and bow our heads while someone-usually my father, a pastor-said a blessing.

Some people view a swarm of bees settling on their property as a blessing.

The rapid turnaround time for those evaluations was a mixed blessing.

Such a gushing of money ought to be a blessing for this impoverished country.

Indeed the evidence is here that a functional cognitive centre is something of an unexpected blessing.